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Plans for rebuilding my point fortune

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I love having a big stash of points in a wide array of loyalty programs.  That way, when opportunity strikes, I can pounce on...
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Bottom Line Review: Grand Hyatt Macau (Standard & Premium Suites)

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During the Party of 5 challenge, we visited Macau for a couple of nights. We spent the first night at the Four Seasons Macau,...
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Elevate your family travel without emptying your wallet: using points, miles, and the right...

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My wife and I traveled the world together over the course of about a dozen years before we decided to start a family. Someone...
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My Buying Group Experiment: Day One Failures

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A couple of weeks ago, my wife, my son, and I all applied and were approved for new credit cards (see: 3 Inks approved...
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An Air Canada advantage: far more award space with some partners

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Over the weekend, I booked an award ticket via Air Canada Aeroplan that reminded me that I've been wanting to publish a post about...
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AA “enhances” the Citi Executive card and encourages spend elsewhere

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With the announced changes to the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard, we no longer have a cheap way to grant American's Admirals Club...
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Partner up to maximize rewards

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The quickest way to earn rewards in this game is through new card welcome bonuses. Playing in two-player mode -- where you and a...
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Business class to London for less with this Asia Miles trick

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Flying business class to London can be very expensive, even when using miles.  The reason is that the two airlines that tend to have...
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IHG Shareholder Rate: Save money, gain flexibility, but lose rewards

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Last year I came across a Loyalty Lobby post which shared that there's a special rate that IHG shareholders can use to obtain a...
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Amazon Prime Day Deals & Strategies 2023

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Amazon Prime Day here (July 11-12, 2023 this year). This post includes links to a number of popular deals and we will be sure...
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Japan Airlines 787 Business Class: Bottom Line Review (Sky Suites)

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During our recent Party of 5 Challenge, the entire FM Team travelled together to and from Japan. The reason for the season was that...
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Hyatt & MGM partnership is ending; farewell cheap mattress runs & status matching

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With Prime Day getting a lot of media attention today, Hyatt and MGM have decided today is a great day for burying bad news...
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5 Tools for weeding through Prime Day deals and reducing buyer’s remorse

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Amazon Prime Day is coming up tomorrow (7/11 to 7/12/23), so we are republishing this list of quick tips for evaluating Prime Day (and...
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3 Inks approved again. 420K points “in the bag”.

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Last week, my wife, son, and I each applied for the Ink Business Preferred card.  The card's current welcome bonus is for 100,000 points...

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